The Year of Our Lord 1552

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Died	Dionisio de Avila, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Born	Simón Vicente Bauzá, O.P. †	Palma de Mallorca	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Died	Filippo Bon †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus
	22.0	Confirmed	Friedrich von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	13.1	Selected	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
	13.1	Selected	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Ordained Bishop	Tomás Casillas, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Died	Giovanni Battista Castromediano †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
		Born	Luis Cerqueira, S.J. †	Vila de Alvito, Portugal	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Juan Cordella †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	59.0	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Recanati, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Paolo de Cupis †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Bernardo Antonio de’ Medici †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Born	Sigismondo Donati †		Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Died	Ludovico Magnasco di Santa Fiora †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones †		Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Pietra †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
		Resigned	Livius Podocathor †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Luca Rinaldi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Karel-Filips de Rodoan †	Beerlegem	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Died	Filos Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Died	Bernardo Sancio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Born	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †	Daroca	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Ludovico de Torres (II) †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Visconti, C.O. †	Milan	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
3 Jan		Died	Heinrich of the Palatinate †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
3 Jan	64.9	Died	Heinrich von Rhein †	Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany
8 Jan		Appointed	Jacopo Cortesi †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Bishop of Vaison, France
8 Jan		Appointed	Georg Waldeisen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
15 Jan		Died	Carlo Traversari †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
16 Jan	53.0	Died	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
18 Jan		Appointed	Ambrogio Monticoli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Sebastian Breuning †		Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
Feb		Died	Antoine de Vienne †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
6 Feb		Died	Friedrich Nausea †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
7 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb		Appointed	Pietro Camaiani †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	51.6	Resigned	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France	Bishop Emeritus of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Appointed	Vittore de Franceschi †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus
	51.1	Appointed	Braccio Martelli †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb		Selected	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
16 Feb		Resigned	Gerolamo de Caro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb		Born	Melchior Klesl †	Vienna	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
9 Mar		Appointed	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	29.2	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	26.0	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	33.3	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
13 Mar		Appointed	Simone Gattola †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
19 Mar	38.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
20 Mar		Appointed	Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Uchański †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
23 Mar	59.2	Resigned	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Bishop of Laon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Jean Doc, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
	59.2	Installed	Giovanni Poggio †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tropea, Italy
2 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
27 Apr		Appointed	Costantino Piccioni, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Scala, Italy	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Jean Doc, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
11 May		Appointed	Anastasio Umberto Dandini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	43.4	Resigned	Girolamo Dandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Confirmed	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
28 May	52.4	Died	Marcello Crescenzi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Conza, Italy
30 May	51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
Jun	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
3 Jun	68.4	Appointed	Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
3 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Simeoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
22 Jun	55.5	Installed	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	72.5	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	31.7	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	51.8	Installed	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Gonçalo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	70.3	Appointed	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
11 Jul		Born	Ottaviano Paravicini †	Roma	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
11 Jul		Born	Flaminio Piatti †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
14 Aug	71.6	Died	Philipp von Flersheim †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
15 Aug	75.6	Died	Hermann zu Wied †	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Aug		Appointed	Jorge de Santiago, O.P. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	33.8	Appointed	Nicolás de Pellevé †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
		Appointed	Rodrigo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
		Appointed	Caesar Podocathor †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
12 Sep		Appointed	Ludovico de Argentis †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Appointed	Antonio Benedetti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	43.7	Appointed	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Antoine Olivier †	Bishop of Lombez, France
	19.4	Resigned	Giulio della Rovere †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
16 Sep		Born	Carlo Broglia †	Chieri	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Died	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Appointed	Étienne Martel de Bacqueville †	Bishop of Coutances, France
17 Sep		Born	Camillo Borghese †	Rome	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Sep		Died	Cristóbal Barrionuevo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
26 Sep		Appointed	Lattanzio Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
28 Sep		Appointed	Pietro Paolo Caporelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
Oct		Died	Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
3 Oct	22.8	Died	Friedrich von Brandenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
3 Oct	28.8	Selected	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
14 Oct	78.8	Resigned	Cuthbert Tunstall †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct		Appointed	Bartolomeo Albani †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Albano †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	74.5	Appointed	Galeazzo Florimonte †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Adriano Fuscone †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
27 Oct	91.8	Died	Galeazzo Pietra †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
27 Oct	38.1	Succeeded	Maurizio Pietra †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
14 Nov	28.9	Confirmed	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
25 Nov	28.9	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
28 Nov		Appointed	Dietrich von Rothenstein †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
6 Dec	49.0	Died	Moritz von Hutten †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Dec		Succeeded	Giulio Giovio †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	69.6	Died	Paolo Giovio (il Vecchio) †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	43.9	Installed	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
14 Dec		Resigned	Giacomo de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
22 Dec	59.0	Selected	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany